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I am new to Android development. I am just trying to store an image in MySQL database and want to display that image in an ImageView.

What should I do?

I think I have to store the URL of image in MySQL database but I don't know how to do it either.

I am using PHP too.

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    Hmm, so how much have you tried so far? Commented Apr 24, 2015 at 12:07
  • You are new to development it seems Commented Apr 24, 2015 at 12:15

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One method is to store the base64 version of image using a php script with base64_encode() wich returns the base64 encryption of the image but i don't recommend it because this is increasing the size of the image. You should upload the image to a server and only store in the database the path to the image and then load it inside the Android application. Here is a nice Java tutorial that explains how to upload an image through HTTP http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=62798 it should work for your application.

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Try to avoid if you can, storing images in database (as it would increase the size)..
If you cannot avoid, try using BLOB in database.. as mentioned here.

NOTE: Also do some research before asking questions.

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